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A growing number of businesses are recognising the importance of mobile working in the current economic climate.
According to the Times, there have been strong sales of dongles, a pocket-sized USB device that equips a computer with internet access wherever there’s mobile coverage. With the cost of this device falling steadily, many companies are expected to utilise the technology to embrace mobile working strategies.
An increase in the numbers of UK workers who have access to flexible working could impact companies whose IT systems are not set up for remote access.
Currently around six million parents and carers have the right to request flexible working from their employers but this has now been extended to include another 4.5 million parents of children aged 16 and under.
Remote and home-based working has become a norm within many organisations, with the worldwide population of home-workers expected to reach 46.6 million by 2011.
In addition, the frequency that teams and individuals are being sent to various locations around the world is increasing.
Managing such workforces can be problematic, but at the same time, virtual and remote workforces can create competitive advantages and operational efficiencies.
The decision to extend the right to ask for flexible working conditions to parents with children under the age of 16 could lead to an extra 4.5 million workers requesting it.
This means that having a flexible working policy along with the right technology will be crucial to businesses if a significant number of those legible take up the legal right.
According to experts, changes made by the new report known as ‘Digital Britain’ will not be enough, as this will limit many companies in the deployment of services that use technologies like video conferencing and VoIP.
Under the ‘Digital Britain’ report many businesses that let their staff work at home will encounter problems with the rolling out of these technologies.
